100 amazing Adobe Illustrator tutorials

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Since its release, Adobe's Illustrator has grown to become the designer's right hand man when it comes to creating premier vector graphics and elements. There's so much you can do with the tool that it can be difficult to know where to start.

In this video tutorial presented by Angie Taylor you'll learn how to set up a new Illustrator document. She looks at options in the New Document dialog box like Width and Height, Color Mode, and Transparency Grid.

The Pen and Pencil tools are very useful but require a little practice to get comfortable with. This video tutorial explains how to start using the Pen tool to create clouds and the Pencil tool to create hills.

In this video tutorial you'll see how to use Illustrator's shape tools to create primitive shapes that you can use as the basis for objects. You'll also learn how to use the Shape Builder tool to combine shapes.

As enjoyable as it might be, choosing a colour palette for a new brand or design can prove time-consuming. In this Illustrator tutorial, Lee Barnes demonstrates how you can use the Live Color tool to create a colour group for a logo or brand mark.

The warp tools, also known as the liquify tools, are not dissimilar to Photoshop's Liquify tool but instead are set out into seven different categories. Master their art with this Illustrator tutorial.

This quick video tutorial will show how you to use a basic gradient as an opacity mask over text. Once you know this method, you can utilise it in different ways to benefit your designs - as an easy-to-use alternative to a clipping mask, for example.

Using Illustrator with finesse and perfecting the finer details can take practice. This tutorial looks at a selection of transparency and gradient tools and uses them to create a lifelike but contemporary animal study. The techniques covered can be applied to any subject matter that requires a striking dynamic look or an elegant subtle shine.